Adamawa Government declares 3-day mourning over death of Chief of Staff

Governor Muhammadu Bindow has declared a three-day mourning period in the Adamawa over the death of his Chief of Staff, Alhaji Abdurrahman Abba-Jimeta.

The update came passed through by the State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ahmad Sajoh, who said that the diseased passed away in the early hours of Monday after a brief illness in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where he went to perform the lesser Hajj (Umrah).

“The governor calls on the people of the state to pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of the late Chief of Staff,’’

He further said, the state government calls on workers to be more committed to the programmes and development of the state in remembrance of what the late Abba-Jimeta stood for in his over three decades of public life.

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Sajoh noted that the 59-year old Abba-Jimeta, who was buried in Mecca, was a former teacher; a Director of the defunct MAMSER; and a commissioner for information during Gov. Boni Haruna and Gov. Murtala Nyako’s administrations.

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The commissioner described the deceased as an orator and crowd-puller, adding that Abba-Jimeta was also the Director, Gov. Bindow’s Campaign Organisation.

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